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Holme On The Wolds, Yorkshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1868.

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HOLME ON THE WOLDS:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1868.

"HOLME ON THE WOLDS, a parish in the Bainton Beacon division of the wapentake of Harthill, East Riding county York, 6 miles N.W. of Beverley, its post town. The village is small, and wholly agricultural. The land is chiefly arable. The tithes were commuted for land and money payments, under an Act of Enclosure in 1795. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of York, value £58, in the patronage of Lord Hotham. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a small edificc, with a low tower containing one bell. The Bishop of Ripon is lord of the manor. The Roman Catholics have a chapel, and there is a National school."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013